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When ‘fake coal’ alarm bells rang for EY auditors

Liam WalshReporter

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A letter from auditors EY has outlined how the accounting overseers became concerned about miner TerraCom’s alleged involvement in a scam to falsely boost coal results.

In the letter to the corporate regulator, obtained by AFR Weekend, EY refers to an email trail that allegedly shows at least one TerraCom employee “may have been aware of the modification to at least one of the coal sample results”.

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Liam Walsh writes on investigations and companies with The Australian Financial Review. He has won multiple media awards, worked in Japan and is now based in Brisbane. Email Liam at liam.walsh@afr.com.au

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